From: "T. Onoma" <transami@...>
Date: 2003-11-13T12:21:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Duck Typing and Object Hashish

> I like your thinking on this, and there are (not surprisingly) other 
> languages that take it farther.  In JavaScript and especially Self, 
> objects are composed entirely of named "slots" or properties, and they 
> are frequently used as hashes, with no other specialized hash support in 
> the language or libraries.

that's very interesting. i'll have to take a look at Self.

i wonder if Ruby (i.e. RITE) is moving in this direction. WhyTheLuckyStiff makes some interesting "suggestives" about the direction Ruby's moving on his "Shiny and New" page.

-t0